Mobile Accessory Rack With Forklift Slots for Skid Steer Changes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for managing skid steer accessories on a job site are inefficient, leading to scattered tools and significant downtime during attachment changes, impacting productivity and flexibility.
Innovation Solution
A mobile accessory rack with a framework that can be lifted and moved using a forklift or skid steer, featuring slots for secure attachment of buckets and augers, allowing easy transition between tasks without manual effort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If accessories are stored in a scattered manner without organization, then the rack structure can be simpler, but accessibility and operational efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The rack is divided into multiple compartments and sections, each designed to hold specific types of accessories (buckets, augers, blades). This segmentation organizes scattered tools into designated spaces, improving accessibility while maintaining a manageable structural complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The rack utilizes vertical space with multiple levels and tiers, transitioning from a single-plane storage solution to a three-dimensional structure. This allows accessories to be organized at different heights and positions, enhancing accessibility without significantly increasing the footprint or overall structural complexity.
2Productivity
If attachments are changed manually using traditional methods, then the process can be simpler, but downtime increases and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple attachments are pre-positioned on the rack in ready-to-use positions. The quick-release mechanisms are pre-configured, allowing operators to rapidly swap attachments without extensive manual assembly or disassembly operations, thereby reducing downtime and increasing productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The rack incorporates self-contained quick-release mechanisms that allow operators to change attachments independently without requiring additional equipment or extensive manual effort. The system serves itself by providing immediate access to replacements, eliminating the need for tool searches or complex removal procedures.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the rack is designed to be mobile and movable by the skid steer itself, then flexibility and positioning capability improve, but the mechanism complexity and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The rack is designed with universal attachment points and interfaces that are compatible with standard skid steer mounting systems. This allows the same rack structure to be easily attached and detached from different skid steer models without requiring complex custom mechanisms, achieving positioning flexibility while minimizing mechanism complexity.
4Productivity
If accessories are kept organized in designated spaces, then operational efficiency improves, but the rack structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The rack is divided into multiple compartments and sections, each designed to hold specific types of accessories (buckets, augers, blades). This segmentation organizes scattered tools into designated spaces, improving accessibility while maintaining a manageable structural complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The rack utilizes vertical space with multiple levels and tiers, transitioning from a single-plane storage solution to a three-dimensional structure. This allows accessories to be organized at different heights and positions, enhancing accessibility without significantly increasing the footprint or overall structural complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A mobile accessory rack for holding accessories includes a framework having a pair of lower side rails that each defines open ends and a first channel extending therebetween. The framework includes a pair of support rails extending between said ends of said pair of lower side rails, each support rail having open ends and that define a second channel extending therebetween. The lower side rails and support rails are hollow and configured to receive respective prongs of a forklift for movement thereof. Further, the framework includes a pair of guide brackets extending upwardly from said pair of lower side rails, each guide bracket defining a primary slot having an open end and extending inwardly at an angle for frictionally receiving a skid steer bucket therein. The framework may also include a plurality of pockets each being configured to hold a skid steer accessory in an upright configuration.